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Jorn Utzon - Danske Arkitekt : Architecture

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Jorn Utzon - Key Projects The architect Jorn Utzon died aged 90 on 29 Nov 2008 Jorn died from a heart attack in his sleep Jørn Utzon was honoured with an Australian state memorial service on 25 March 2008 at the Sydney Opera House. His son and daughter attended. Ticket allocation was by ballot system. Performances from the Sydney Symphony, Opera Australia, The Australian ballet and Sydney Theatre Company marked the service for Jorn. Key Buildings List, Images & Lecture on the life and work of Jørn Utzon, architect Sydney Opera House : photo supplied by RIAS Jorn Utzon : Pritzker Architecture Prize Danish architect Jorn Utzon designer of the Sydney Opera House, Australia, received the 2003 Laureate of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Nobel Prize of the architecture world. The Pritzker Prize ceremony took place at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Jorn Utzon is the first Dane to become a Pritzker Laureate. Jorn Utzon architect - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1978 Jørn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston - Talk at the RIAS Conference 2004 Review by Adrian Welch Jørn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston Jorn Utzon - Key Buildings Courtyard-Style Housing, Denmark 1956-58 photograph © Adrian Welch Preceding the Sydney Opera House were two housing developments in Denmark. The Kingo Houses in Helsingør. Sixty-three L-shaped houses were built in rows following the contours of the site, providing views for each house, and access to sunlight and shelter from the wind. For many architects the Kingo Houses remain one of their favourite projects by Jorn due to the scheme's combination of simplicity and inventiveness. Kingo Houses Sydney Opera House, Australia 1957-73 Jorn Utzon worked with Ove Arup on this seminal building, but sadly in 1966 Jorn Utzon left Sydney in a cloud of controversy. photo © Derek McGavigan Sydney Opera House Bagsvaerd Kirke, Copenhagen 1974-76 Jorn Utzon's next major design - after returning to Denmark after Sydney - was the Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen. Jorn Utzon planned the interior vaults after being inspired by banks of clouds. Bagsværd Church Fredensborg Houses, Denmark 1962 photograph © adrian welch 47 courtyard and 30 terraced houses grouped around a square in staggered blocks of three. Jorn Utzon integrated communal meeting and dining functions with private houses; guest rooms were also included, unusually as a separate clustered element. Fredensborg Houses Kuwait National Assembly 1982 The Kuwait National Assembly famously slings a huge curved canvas over the main spaces. The canvas fabric recalls the use of concrete at the Bagsværd Church. Kuwait building Two Houses, Majorca Jorn Utzon moved to Majorca in the early 1970s. Jorn lives with his wife Lis in a house designed by himself, Can Feliz. The architecture is very solid and simple. Can Feliz has been described as a miniature acropolis. Majorca Houses Bagsværd Kirke image © Adrian Welch, 2002 Jorn Utzon - Works Church at Bagsvaerd, north Copenhagen, Denmark 1974-76 Houses in Fredensborg, Fredensborg, North Sealand, Denmark 1959-62 Kingo Houses, Elsinore, Denmark 1956 Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia 1957-73 Kuwait National Assembly Complex (architectural competition 1971-72), Kuwait 1982 Fredensborg houses (Terrasserne), Denmark - Esbjerg Theatre and Concert Hall (Musikhuset Esbjerg), Denmark Can Feliz - Mallorca, Spain - Skagen Odde Nature Centre, Denmark 1999-2000 Jørn, Kim and Jan Utzon Humana Zimbabwe - Kalkbrænderihavnen - Copenhagen waterfront - Paustian furniture sales and exhibition building, Copenhagen, Denmark - Herning Shipping - office building for Herning Shipping Company, Denmark 1986 Dunkers Kulturhus - Dunkers house for culture, Hälsingborg, Sweden - Kim Utzon Stride Strømme : Meeting place, Samsø, Denmark Institute of Technology, Odense, Denmark 1986 IICD - Dowagiac, Michigan, USA - Marienlyst Hotel extension, Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark - Extension to an old sea-side hotel Vejle hotel, Denmark - uno-X petrol station, Herning, Denmark - Petrol filling station for the uno-X petrol company Ro-house, Fyn, Denmark - Kalvebod Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark - Project - Povl Ahm house - private, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England 1960-62 Jorn with Povl Ahm Grade II listed More design projects by Jorn online soon Jørn Utzon: Sketch for Sydney Opera House image supplied by RIAS

Jorn Utzon - Practice Information

Jorn Utzon architect
1918-
Son of Aage Utzon

Wife : Lis Utzon

Jorn Utzon's sons: Kim and Jan

Projects designed by Jorn in collaboration with his sons:

Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen

Paustian furniture and design showroom, Copenhagen : Nordhavnen

Kim Utzon Architects : Utzon Centre, Denmark

Jorn Utzon by Professor Weston, 2004



Jorn Utzon : Modern Architects

Copenhagen Architecture Denmark

Jørn Utzon Arkitekt : Danish designers

Danish Architecture

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Jørn Utzon : Pritzker Prize Winner 2003

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